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The stuff we're trying to imitate

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Shark's Caddis Larva

Juvinile: This is a very simple fly imitating the caddis larva. Some may call it realistic fly, some will say impressionistic, but no matter what, the originator says with 100% certainty that it's a killer pattern and he has caught lots of fish with it in many different places.
Twist your Antron and peacock here
"Shark's Wasp" is found here

Shark's Wasp
See "Domestic Fly" by clicking here

Domestic Fly
Find "Monster's Bug" on this page

Monster's Bug
Go to the article "CDC May Fly"

CDC Mayfly
Go to the article "Wasp Year"

Wasp Year
Jump to "The Trout and the Fly"

Trout and Fly
See "Real Enough!" by clicking here

Real Enough!
Proceed to "Realism, Thorntons Way" here

Realistic Flies
"Edwards' Little Ant" is found here

Edwards' Little Ant
Jump to "Guide To Midwest USA Hatches"

Midwest Hatches
"Golden shiner" is found here

Golden shiner
Click to go to "Brook trout"

Brook trout
Videos with "Naturals - The stuff we're trying to imitate" - More videos
The Giant Mayfly
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The mayfly lifecycle, incredible amounts of hatching mayflies in an Hungarian river.
Flies into action
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In the film using a new method of presentation of artificial flies.Method Buldo is floating wire and 4 artificial flies.I hope it develops in AMERICA.For more video with instructions enter the site. (Ed.: I had a very hard time placing this on the map based on the language spoken, but I guess it's Romanian.. And we have more on Buldo or float fishing with a fly here. Martin)
Bearnes Men
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This is our new video by Bearnishfly's Blog

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 Go to Fly Fishers Guide to Saltwater Naturals and their Imitation
Fly Fishers Guide to Saltwater Naturals and their Imitation
If you ever want to know the 'entomology' of the salt water prey species, this is a good place to look. You will become a very educated salt water fisherman if you read and understand these sections. This will fortunately not be so hard, because even though Roberts has a very scientific way of treating his subject, it's not hard to read and undterstand the book.
Forage fish
This feature is a the first of a series of articles being created as a group effort by members of the Streamer List to provide some background information on the species of forage fish we most commonly try to immitate with streamer patterns.
  
 Go to Opossum Shrimp
Opossum Shrimp
An imitation well suited for inshore fishing.
  
 Go to Sculpin
Sculpin
This forage fish feature (say that 5 times fast!) is a the third in a series of articles being created as a group effort by members of the Streamer List. There are over 300 species of sculpins, most of them are salt water or brackish water occupants, but several are found in North America.
Smelt
The "king of baitfish", the American Smelt is the inspiration for the vast majority of New England Streamer patterns. Though there are a number of smelt species throughout the world, it's the Atlantic Rainbow Smelt that populates New England's waters, and is the one most-commonly immitated.
  
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Aquatic trout foods
The book is actually quite systematic. Dave Whitlock deals with all important fresh water trout food species; from mayflies, caddisflies and stoneflies to fish, scuds, shrimps and leeches. Every group is descibed in detail: life cycle, which is very important to understand -- especially when it comes to insects, morphology, habitus and how to imitate them.